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Metacarpal fractures are a common type of hand injury. For patients in the 18-34 age range, metacarpal fractures are the most common type of hand fracture. 76% of metacarpal fractures happen in males.

A 1.6-mm K-wire was placed from the first metacarpal into the second metacarpal above the level of the physis for supplemental fixation to maintain reduction.

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Jovic broke the second metacarpal in his hand during Sunday's game at Milwaukee and was diagnosed with the fracture at halftime.

Heat forward Nikola Jovic fractured the second metacarpal on his right hand in the first half of an eventual 120-113 Sunday loss to Milwaukee, the team announced (X link).

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat. Per Heat: Nikola Jovic will not return to tonight's game. A halftime X-ray on his right hand revealed a fractured second metacarpal. - 7:33 PM ...

Jovic suffered the injury during the first half of Sunday's game, and X-rays revealed a fracture on the second metacarpal of his right hand.

In the operating room, “we found that the first metacarpal bone is viable, but there was no soft tissue supporting it, leaving the metacarpal bone exposed,” doctors said.